Buckle and strap fastening



(No Model.)

B. W. CHAPMAN.

BUCKLE AND STRAP FASTENING.

No. 368,376. Patented Aug. 16, 1887..

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ROBERT \V. CHAPMAN, OF NEWARK, NEWV JERSEY.

BUCKLE AND STRAP FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,376, dated August 16, 1887.

Application filed March 31, 1887. Serial No. 233161. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. CHAPMAN, of Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Buckle andStrap Fastening, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. W

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved buckle andstrap fastening specially adapted for traveling-bags and satchels andother articles.

The invention consists of a buckle permanently secured to the frame of abag or satchel and of means for securing the strap to the buckle.

The invention also consists of various parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of a traveling-bag frame provided with myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection of the same on the lines00 0c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofa modified-form of myimprovement. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of the same on the linesy y of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of another modified form of myimprovement. Fig. 6 is a vertical crosssection of the same on the lines:4 z of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a planview of a modification of myimprovement. Fig. 8 is a vertical cross-section of the same on the linea u of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a plan view ofa modified form of myimprovement, and Fig. 10 is a vertical cross-section of the same on thelines o o of Fig. 9.

My improvement consists, principally, of fastening the buckle Apermanently to the top of the outer frame, B, of a traveling-bag,satchel, or like article, so as to prevent the buckle from interferingwith the closing of the bag or satchel by getting in between the outerframe, B, and the inner frame; and my improvement also consists ofsecuring the one end of the strap 0 to the buckle A.

My invention can be carried out in several ways, and, as illustrated inFigs. 1 and 2, I pivot the buckle A with its cross-beam D to a holder,E, extending rearwardly over the top of the frame B and then downwardly,forming the part E, which is riveted or otherwise secured to the side ortop of the frame B, as

shown in Fig. 2. From the said part E extends at right angles andrearwardly the end piece, E provided with a slit, E", through which ispassed one end of the strap 0, which is then fastened by pressing thelip E, formed in making the slit E against the strap 0, so that thelatter is firmly held in place on the part E The other end of the strap0 is passed around the bag or satchel and buckled in the usual manner tothe buckle A.

It will be seen that the buckle, on account of being permanently securedto the frame B, cannot get in between the two frames B and B whenclosing the same, and also that the buckle A cannot be swung downward atits front end, as the buckle A is so located on the frame B that itscross-beam D is a suitable distance from the front edge of the saidframe B.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, instead of using thebar-buckle A with a mid dle crossbeam, D, I employ a harness-buckle,pivoted at its rear in the holder E, on which is secured the loop F forthe retention of the free end of the strap C after being buckled to thebuckle A. The other end of the strap 0 is secured to the part E by beingpassed through the slit E and then formed into the welt C, which cannotpass through the said slit E.

In the modified forms shown in Figs. 5 and 6 I use the buckle A, (shownin Figs. 1 and 2;) but I dispense with the parts E and E of the holderE, and secure the latter and one end of the strap 0 with a rivet orbolts to the frame B.

In the modification illustration in Figs. 7 and S I also use the buckleA, (shown in Figs. 1 and 2,) but I dispense entirely with the holder E,and pivot the buckle A with its cross-beam D in the doubled-up end ofthe strap 0, and secure this doubled-up end by a rivet or bolt to theframe B.

In the modification shown in Figs. 9 and 10 I illustrate other means forfastening the one "end of the strap 0 to the holder E by providing thelatter with the turned-up flanges E,

which, after one end of the strap 0 is placed on the holder E, are bentfirmly down upon the strap 0, which is thus held in place. I

It will be seen that by my improvement I use less leather for the strap0, and can dispense entirely with the usual strap-loop ordinarily usedon the top of the frame. save considerable labor, as no sewing isnecessary forfastcning the strap to the holder or buckle.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the two hingedsections of a bag-franie closing one within the other, of a bucklesecured to the top surface of the top cross-bar of the outer section,with its tongue projecting toward the free edge thereof, and a strapconnected with the buckle, whereby the buckle will not interfere withthe closing movement of the frame, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the outerandinner I also bag-frame sections, BB, of the holder E, secured to the outer surface of the swinging end ofthe outer section, the buckle D, secured to the holder, and the strap 0,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the outer and inner bag-frame sections, B B, ofthe holder E, resting on the top surface of the outer section, bent downat E and riveted to the sectionB,

and bent outward at E, the part E having a

